We were down for over 16 hours to repair the database and move to a larger server. There will be a an outage or two over the next week or so as we finishing migrating and fixing issues.

We have $900.00 in our account. The migration will cost at minimum $500.00. Our monthly cost is $150.00, so we will be out of funds shortly. We have a fund raiser once a year. No is is paid here. It is all volunteer. If you wish to help please use:

paypal to - erickett@wingnet.net
The button can be used on the bottom of the front page: http://www.exmormon.org

or directly to wingnet, our ISP - stating a check is for exmormon.org
WingNET // PO Box 2605 // Cleveland TN 37320-2605

Our average donation is $25-$50. We do not wish this to be a burden and of course, it is voluntary. We always support anonymity and it will never be a paid subscription to post here.

The search function works now!

As of 1:15 PM we have received $105.00. Thanks!

Eric

Thanks for doing the direct PayPal link, so we can donate without having to have a PayPal account. :)

What a relief--I was sure I had been banned and shut out!

thank you for still accepting checks.I'm putting one in the mail today.
I used cash at the grocery store the other day and the checker seemed quite surprised.

Thanks for all you do, Erik! Don't mind helping out once and a while.

Thanks - We are already at $280.00 as of 3:12.

I hope it continues to climb!

It always amazes me. We are over $400.00 now. It usually only takes 2 days to get all the funds we need for a year. We are now into summer so it may take a bit longer. I hope we can get 3K to pay for some professional help and newer software.

That would be excellent!

On Board -- Thank you Eric!!

Thank you for all you do.

Done. MUCH cheaper than tithing--plus the results are much better, too.

I just got back from dinner with some friends. We are now up over $750.00. Thanks.

done

Done.

Thank you, Eric!!!

We are now up $900.00. Thank you! This should only last a couple of days.

Donation sent. I'm looking forward to a software update. ;o)

A little donation is better than my insurance deductible for therapy. Thanks for all you do.

At the risk of giving useless advice, have you considered Amazon Web Services? That service is fully scaleable and you only pay for whatever traffic and storage you actually use.

I have a friend who runs a website for a living. Once we were at a Christmas market in Germany and his site suffered an outage. He got an automatic notification and with a beer in one hand and his cell in the other, he was able to restart the server and fix the issue in about 5 minutes (and he was already pretty tipsy).

Of course, he knew exactly what he was doing but AWS provided the tools and the infrastructure that made it possible.

Anyways, thanks for keeping RfM alive, you are truly making a difference in people's lives. You saved my family of four, and I'm sure there are thousands of others.

Thanks for the suggestion.

We are indeed aware of AWS and are considering cloud-based solutions as an upgrade.

CZ (admin)

O, and by the way, the first year is really cheap because you get all sorts of discounts. That could be a way to finance the upgrade from the running expenses jar...

We are up $1980.00, which is terrific. We can work with that. I will turn off the request on Monday. Thanks so much everyone.

I had my son send a donation for me via Pay Pal.
Thank you SO MUCH for all your work.
Be sure and howler again when things are in need.
P.

We are at $1150.00 We should be done by the weekend. Thanks so much. Off to cut the grass... beautiful day in Tennessee

of one Senine of gold which adjusted to today's USD is one hundred well-deserved bucks.

For some reason, PayPal would not accept my Kirtland Bank notes as official tender.

cricket Wrote:
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> of one Senine of gold which adjusted to today's
> USD is one hundred well-deserved bucks.
>
> For some reason, PayPal would not accept my
> Kirtland Bank notes as official tender.

I presume you are spoofing us, but just incase you do have some of those.....

http://www.antiquemoney.com/obsolete/we-buy-money-from-the-kirtland-safety-society-bank/
Here you go. Now you can turn in your Kirtland Bank notes for some cash value!



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Hi Cricket, I just saw yours. We are now at $1250.00 A good start. Thanks

We are at 1350.00.

This is a far, far better use of funds than any tithe to TSCC.

Done.

Thanks Eric.

We are up 1500.00. This will keep us going in the current format for a year - no upgrade. I was hoping we could get a bit more. I will let this run for a few more days.

I can be in tomorrow after I get paid. Cash flow has been dicey this month thanks to my craptastic health insurance. Bills keep arriving from my surgery.

My donation will be there in a few days via snail mail. I can't believe that I am the only one doing it that way, so your fund should continue to grow over the next week.

Don't lose hope. Payday is friday and yes I am also using pony express.

Thank you, Eric, and all of Admin.

Happy to help your important work.

How is it looking now?

We are up $1750.00 That is good. A bit short and we are looking at cheaper alternatives for hosting and messaging. I try to do this once per year or less. I will take down the note on Monday.

I just sent mine via Paypal.

Don't forget there are those sending theirs by 'snail mail,' aka "Pony Express."

I wish I could have given more at this particular time; but, here's my plan: (maybe others will like it, too)

I'll hit the DONATE button on:

Both my parents' birthdays.
(Leaving TSCC is the best gift I could have given them!)

My TBM son's birthday.
(He shunned us)

I'll think of more.

I am sorry your son is shunning you. What an awful organization that strongly encourages such conduct. It hurts.

Thank you, Eric.
I'm holding onto hope that someday he'll be posting on RfM.

Kathleen,

The cult got its talons into my daughter including after we'd left it more than a decade ago. Years later, after daughter had graduated college, the bishop and his wife where we last attended before resigning literally hid her at their house for six months, unbeknownst to me. It was my hiring a private detective then that led me to her, and those seedy bastards. They stop at nothing to separate children from their parents. She wasn't LDS then either. I really feel they were exacting revenge for our leaving in 2005 because of some shady underhanded things the bishop's wife had done then. That is the singular event for me to conclude not only was the church a cult. I already knew that. It is the epitome of evil to deliberately and with callous disregard drive wedges between families.

My daughter shares your name btw. Although she's changed it since leaving home and again when she moved to Israel.

As far as I'm concerned, the former bishop and his wife are persona non grata. They are as good as dead to me.

Amyjo, I can hardly imagine the rage you must have felt--knowing your child was hidden from you.

The good news for you and for me is that we are still here with hope for our children seeing the light. Not so lucky for my son's father. My son shat on his father the worst. His father died within a year of his broken heart.

Thank you for directing your post to me. Let's hope that you and I and others can outdistance the damage that mormonism has done.

(Note to self: add ex's birthday to donation list)

There is so much heartbreak in this so called religion. Sigh...

We received $2113 which is great. I took down the sticky on top. Thanks to all that helped!

By small and simple things...

Thank God for The Internet and good people who write about real truth despite these appeals to fake Mormon truths.

Thank you Eric and volunteers and contributors in words and funds.

We still had a few more donations plus one came in the mail for 100.00 so we are over 2280.00. Will begin work on upgrade soon. Volunteer(s) are always welcome including admin here.

Hope things are going better for you.

We just walked in the door from a little trip to Morro Bay, so we're in disarray, but will get organized soon and hope our little contribution can combine to alleviate the situation. We nee RfM to continue for as long as possible.

I'm glad to help. Keep up the good work. RfM is a great resource for ex-Mormons everywhere!

Thank you!

I would really like to donate.

How will donations appear on my statement?

(I feel silly asking, but it would be better if I got billed for a $300 massage.)

It shows the donation went to wingnet.net

Done



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Done.